Philip Glass Ensemble: the Qatsi trilogy; BBCSO/Volkov; Melvyn Tan; T'ang Quartet; Bo Skovhus; Montreal SO/Nagano; Llyr William; Ten Plagues – review

Various venues, EdinburghA short stint in Edinburgh during festival time, even in fine weather which for the most part it decidedly wasn't, can leave you like a ship struggling against a powerful headwind. On day one, the experience of fighting off a swarm of girls dressed as pink mice singing winsome barbershop baroque in the Royal Mile nearly had me packing my bags. These siren distractions are also part of the revelry. Music is everywhere. For a critic this has its difficulties. It's impossib...

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